Emily Bender
Developer at Freelance Artist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Bender is a developer and seasoned technical program manager with 7 years of experience driving Windows OS features from Windows 10 through Windows 11, particularly across text input, rendering, and core platform work that reaches millions of users. She blends a technical product mindset with an art & technology background, enabling her to translate UX and system-level challenges into patentable innovations (two Microsoft patents/co-inventor). Emily has repeatedly orchestrated cross-functional launches and customer validation cycles, built public APIs and documentation, and managed third‑party integrations for developer experiences on Windows. Based in Seattle, she also brings hands‑on operational leadership from roles revitalizing business processes and running events, plus a creative freelance practice that informs her user-centered approach.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Honors Diploma, Honors Diploma at Chardon High SchoolBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Art & Technology, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Art & Technology at The Ohio State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (34)
winrt10
composition10
windows10
uwp10
desktop10
windows-app-sdk10
effects10
microsoft-store10
wpf10
csharp10
inno-setup10
uwp-apps10
dotnet9
color-picker9
syncfusion9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
embender/win32
Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
Public mirror for win32-pr
Contributions:4 pushes in 2 years 1 month
win32
embender/winrt-api
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
WinRT reference content for developing Microsoft Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 months
dotnetuwpdevelopingwindowsuwp-apps
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